Whitestone Expressway & Downing Street
Whitestone Expressway and Downing Street meet at a three-way junction in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Linden Pl/31 Rd, is 1,180 feet away for the Q25, Q50 and Q61, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Linden Pl/31 Rd, 1,180 feet away, for the Q25, Q50 and Q61.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Linden Pl/31 Rd Q25, Q50, Q611,180 feetQ25 Q50 Q61
Next buses at this stop
- Q25 …
- Q50 …
- Q61 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway southbound at Whitestone Expressway & Ulmer Street at Whitestone Expressway Turnaround, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 137-17 Northern Boulevard Gas station0.6 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11354
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flushing-Willets Point
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
- One of the streets is one-way
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 31 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Downing Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Downing Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Whitestone Expressway
- No stopping 11 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
Within a walk
How places are listedSupermarkets
- Stop & Shop Supermarket500 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- Homes within 820 feet
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 31st Road & Downing Street 120 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & Ulmer Street 250 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & Higgins Street 300 feet
- 31st Road & Ulmer Street 340 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & Whitestone Expressway Turnaround at Stratton Street 580 feet
- 31st Road & Stratton Street 650 feet
- 32nd Avenue & Downing Street 720 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & Farrington Street 830 feet
See every intersection along Downing Street or Whitestone Expressway.